ON FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 



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BESSIE. — Breed, grade Jersey; age, 5 years; dropped last calf Oct. 17, 1884. 



Year and 

 Month. 



FEED. 



Dally 



Yield of 



Milk. 



Composition ok Milk. 



Water. 



Total 

 Solids. 



Fat. 



Snilds 



IKit 



Fat. 



1884. 



Nov. 18, 

 24, 



Dec. 5, 

 10, 



17, 



24, 



1885. 



Jan. 7, 

 15, 



3,i lbs. shorts, 3^ lbs. meal and 



IG ll)s. liav. 

 '3,i lbs. shorts, 3} lbs. meal, 3}' 



lbs. gluten meal and IG lbs. 



hav. 

 '3^ lbs. shorts, 3| lbs. meal, 3.^ 



Ills, gluten meal and 16 lbs. 



hay. 

 3\ lbs. shorts, 3\ lbs. meal and 



15 lbs. hay. 



3^ lbs. shorts, 3| lbs. meal and 



lo lbs. hay. 

 3,j lbs. shorts, 3| lbs. meal and 



15 lbs. hay. 



29 lbs. 



21 " 



29 " 



29 " 



28 

 27 



24 

 23 



87.06 

 87.91 



86.18 

 86.99 



87.41 

 85.36 



87.26 

 87.29 



12.94 

 13.09 



13.82 

 13.01 



12.59 

 14.64 



1274 

 12.71 



4.04 

 3.86 



4.02 

 3.72 



3.32 

 4.75 



3.73 

 3.91 



8.90 

 9.13 



9 80 

 9.29 



9.27 

 9.89 



9.01 



8.80 



LADY HORACE. — Grade Ayrshire; age, 5 years; dropped last calf Oct. 16, 1884. 



